I remember James Phelps well. He was like an uncle to me. His niece and I have been besties since she was 6 mos and I was a year old. Our families are melded like one. R. I. P. Uncle James. We miss you. ❣️
JAMES PHELPS COULD BLOW( SING)!!!! BEAUTIFUL VOICE,WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM SING,I HEARD THE SAM COOKE SOUND. SAM COOKE AND AL GREEN ARE TWO OF THE BEST SOUL SINGERS EVER CASE CLOSED!!!!!
I TRULY, TRULY WISH...that someone would have mercy on me...and up-load the video of James Phelps and the Soul Stirrers on Jubilee Showcase ( not just the audio) but the true Video of them singing Must Jesus Bear The Cross 😔..
After James Phelps, Willie Rogers, James Davis, Frank Davis, Eddie Huffman, Larry Hilton Cooke....I enjoyed singing lead in that Sam Cooke Style... Great Times..
And it could still work. The lead singer would have to remain humble before God and man and remember that what we have is truly a gift from God. One of the true gifts that can be enjoyed by ALL, YET sacrificed back to HIM for is glory.. I loved singing with and for the Soul Stirrers... What a blessing to me and my family. I could have sang with them throughout eternity 😅😅 but one night, while on the stage singing ..I got a call from my dad to come home 4mths later.my mother was gone....and 3mths after that...my dad was gone. I truly haven't sang since.. If you get time and a chance... Check out Larry Hilton Cooke 3 and Larry Hilton Cooke 4 😊😊 let me know 😀 what you think..Thanks friend..
Read his powerful and inspiring Life Story inside the book "Whiteballed" True Story Of A Musical Legend. You'll read about his childhood in Shreveport to his days in Chicago!
Sam Cooke’s imprint on the Soul Stirrers was so profound that, after he crossed over, they hired singers who sounded a lot like Sam for decades to come. Every great Soul Stirrer lead after Sam sounded like him. From Johnny Tailor to Jimmy Outlet to this brother. All adapted Sam’s delivery and had a very similar vocal tone.
@@arnibah Perhaps, A. V. I doubt it, though. Jubilee Showcase aired for 21 years, hosting black artists almost exclusively. My sense is that Sid Ordower and Jubilee Showcase were both friends and mentors to black artists. Here is an excerpt I found online that speaks to Sid's character. _"“I didn’t go down there to take a beating, but if it took a beating to safe a life. I’m glad I did it,” said a bruised and battered Sid Ordower as he spoke to reporters after stepping from the plane at Midway in 1951. He has just returned from Jackson, Mississippi, where he had appealed to the Mississippi State Supreme Court for a stay of execution to allow new evidence to be presented in the case of Willie McGee, who had been unjustly convicted of raping a white woman. As a result of that vicious beating by racist thugs, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice intervened and granted a stay of execution."_
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that these songs were like listening to Sam Cooke himself and the church at this time had rejected Sam. How can you reject the man but embrace his sound and style?
![The Soul Stirrers • 5-Song Set (new HD transfer!) • LIVE 1963 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SngRO_iu2qQ/mqdefault.jpg)
The **Top-Notch** Gospel Group Of All Time: The Gospel Singing **Soul Stirrers**
**My Favorite Gospel Group**
In very loving memory of Mr. James Phelps (1932- 2010 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).
I remember James Phelps well. He was like an uncle to me. His niece and I have been besties since she was 6 mos and I was a year old. Our families are melded like one. R. I. P. Uncle James. We miss you. ❣️
Are you talking about Denise, his niece?
JAMES PHELPS COULD BLOW( SING)!!!! BEAUTIFUL VOICE,WHEN I FIRST HEARD HIM SING,I HEARD THE SAM COOKE SOUND. SAM COOKE AND AL GREEN ARE TWO OF THE BEST SOUL SINGERS EVER CASE CLOSED!!!!!
All I can say is God be the Glory. Now that's singing.
Lovely piece by James Phelps sung like a lullaby for adults. Thank you for bringing more of his performances to me - so much talent! Gratefully susan
The **Sam Cooke** Legacy Lives On!!!!!
Their Vocal Ad Lib And Response Cannot Be Touched In Any Way. **KUDOS**
I TRULY, TRULY WISH...that someone would have mercy on me...and up-load the video of James Phelps and the Soul Stirrers on Jubilee Showcase ( not just the audio) but the true Video of them singing
Must Jesus Bear The Cross 😔..
Very nice, it's my first time seeing anything with James Phelps, I'll take Jimmy Outler singing "His Precious Love" all day long tho!
It seems they kept finding lead singers who sounded like Sam Cooke. Johnny Taylor, Jimmy Outler and now with James Phelps
After James Phelps, Willie Rogers, James Davis, Frank Davis, Eddie Huffman, Larry Hilton Cooke....I enjoyed singing lead in that Sam Cooke Style... Great Times..
I love sam cooke , and I try to find any song of anyone singing in sam cooke style. So I would love a song by Larry cooke. I'll be searching. Thanks.
@@robertchatman8449 you can hear his voice and vocal style.. just put in Larry Hilton Cooke 3.. and 4.. Let me know what you think....
Yes 👍 that's was the plan keep that's sounds 👌
@@robertchatman8449 did you ever find or hear anything from Larry Hilton Cooke..?? What do you think???
A real joy to see my childhood idols I used to only hear from the turntable
Just awesome 👌 love the soul stirrer
JAMES PHELPS HAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VOICE OH PRAISE JAH, SING IT JIMMY
Beautiful just simply beautiful 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
GODS BEAUTY!
Great singing. James Phelps remind me of the late Sam Cooke.
Sam forever put his mark on this group.
🌹🙏🏻🙏🏿🙏🙏🏽🌹
This boy can sang !
James Phelps said he was gonna sound a lil like Sam Cooke but he was gonna put his own spin on it ,it was the formula back then and it worked
And it could still work. The lead singer would have to remain humble before God and man and remember that what we have is truly a gift from God. One of the true gifts that can be enjoyed by ALL, YET sacrificed back to HIM for is glory.. I loved singing with and for the Soul Stirrers... What a blessing to me and my family. I could have sang with them throughout eternity 😅😅 but one night, while on the stage singing ..I got a call from my dad to come home 4mths later.my mother was gone....and 3mths after that...my dad was gone. I truly haven't sang since.. If you get time and a chance... Check out Larry Hilton Cooke 3 and Larry Hilton Cooke 4 😊😊 let me know 😀 what you think..Thanks friend..
Man these were singers and they had to keep that Sam Cooke lead voice 😂❤️🙌🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Look at my beautiful black family showing our emotion the way created us.
Love and peace...
Nice,.. nice... sounds alot like Sam Cooke too!
James to me was a mix if Johnny Taylor, Sam Cooke and Willie Rodgers.
Read his powerful and inspiring Life Story inside the book "Whiteballed" True Story Of A Musical Legend. You'll read about his childhood in Shreveport to his days in Chicago!
Great book!
Thank you Sir! Tell your family and friends! 🙏
He’s a handsome singer
Thank you so much for this
I Love this!!
Sam Cooke’s imprint on the Soul Stirrers was so profound that, after he crossed over, they hired singers who sounded a lot like Sam for decades to come. Every great Soul Stirrer lead after Sam sounded like him. From Johnny Tailor to Jimmy Outlet to this brother. All adapted Sam’s delivery and had a very similar vocal tone.
Can you upload "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone" and "Free At Last"?
Awesome!!
Great singer only one Sam missed
Ok i know now the other two guys is Richard Gibbs Inaz Andrews husband and Sonny Mitchell on bass guitar. Jj and Leroy.
Man, that is one tough crowd to play to.
They were probably told not to be themselves in the white man's studio.
@@arnibah Perhaps, A. V. I doubt it, though. Jubilee Showcase aired for 21 years, hosting black artists almost exclusively. My sense is that Sid Ordower and Jubilee Showcase were both friends and mentors to black artists. Here is an excerpt I found online that speaks to Sid's character.
_"“I didn’t go down there to take a beating, but if it took a beating to safe a life. I’m glad I did it,” said a bruised and battered Sid Ordower as he spoke to reporters after stepping from the plane at Midway in 1951. He has just returned from Jackson, Mississippi, where he had appealed to the Mississippi State Supreme Court for a stay of execution to allow new evidence to be presented in the case of Willie McGee, who had been unjustly convicted of raping a white woman. As a result of that vicious beating by racist thugs, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice intervened and granted a stay of execution."_
There are some songs that you just listen at the words....they are "listening" 😕
Maybe it had something to do with the fact that these songs were like listening to Sam Cooke himself and the church at this time had rejected Sam. How can you reject the man but embrace his sound and style?
@@eddielewis2350 That is an interesting observation, Eddie. Perhaps that was a factor. Thank you for sharing it.
I have a request, could upload the highway qc's
Looks Like Paul Foster had DEPARTED at this point!
Who's on bass guitar and the one standing between him and Leroy?
Could you guys upload some Bessie Griffin clips?